From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How can I remove effects of text properties in 'before-string Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:34:39 +0300 Message-ID: <83y3o39dtc.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tvyrabkk.fsf@gmail.com> <838tg3b27v.fsf@gnu.org> <87r2tv9knb.fsf@gmail.com> <834lqrayti.fsf@gnu.org> <87o9oz9hsn.fsf@gmail.com> <831slvavm4.fsf@gnu.org> <87mv4j9etk.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1508700927 16443 195.159.176.226 (22 Oct 2017 19:35:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 19:35:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 22 21:35:21 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e6M1k-0001mV-MW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:35:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34073 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e6M1j-0004Qc-RD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:35:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43899) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e6M1F-0004QM-Gy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:34:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e6M1C-0003r7-EJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:34:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43818) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e6M1C-0003r3-At for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:34:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1866 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1e6M1B-0007LE-MB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:34:42 -0400 In-reply-to: <87mv4j9etk.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Amos Bird on Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:12:55 +0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114611 Archived-At: > From: Amos Bird > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:12:55 +0800 > > (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 20 0) > (setq ovstring (propertize "Hi, there!" 'face '((t (:foreground > "magenta" :weight bold :inherit default))))) > (overlay-put (make-overlay (point) (point)) 'before-string > (propertize "." 'display `((margin left-margin) ,ovstring))) > (hl-line-mode) > > The margin text doesn't appear to have the "magenta" color. ":inherit default" should appear before the other attributes. Think about it: you are telling Emacs how to merge the default face with other attributes, so it should start with the default face, right?